Used Commercial Plastic Bottles

[Short Drive]

I have a friend that was at a sports bar on 2 dollar plastic bottle night. He collected 44 plastic Miller Lite bottles with the tops. I cleaned them right away, and put them away. When I bottled my latest brew I filled three of these plastic bottles. They firmed up right away and seem to be fine. The longest I've ever had a beer after its been bottled is about two months so long term storage is not a problem. Is there anything else I should be concerned about? What about new caps? Are they available? Thanks

Al

 

[Bobby_M]

I'm using plastic Coors Light bottles and the caps seem to hold up fine. If you think about it, a 2-liter soda bottle makes it through probably 10 or more open/close cycles before it gets thrown out. Unless you find some of your bottles are not holding carbonation, I wouldn't worry about new caps.